THE PRODIGAL SON RE-RETURNS.
>Other
Fuck crutches, we can just hop around.
Did you see my e-mail?

>>26684929
>Take the crutch. You can handle this on your own.

>>26684929
>Take the crutch. You can handle this on your own.

Still a proud witch. Falling a few times should beat the pride out of our face, but calling for help now would be out of character.

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>>26684929
(YAY! strike witches time!)
we're just crippled for life. on a shifting crabbing boat. we're weak from bloodloss and hunger. We're going to be a POW for the rest of the war, or life if russia gives 2 shits about us now. all that and we're a girl who is all likely under 18.

>Swallow your pride and call for help.

>>26684929
>Take the crutch. You can handle this on your own.

>>26684929
>Take the crutch. You can handle this on your own.

>>26684929
>>Take the crutch. You can handle this on your own.

>>26684929
>Take the crutch. You can handle this on your own.

>>26684980
>>26685026
>>26685057
you all realize this is NOT going to end well, right? we just LOST our leg, the boat we're on is in the bearing straits that has a LOT of rocking and we're rather weakened.

>>26685142
nobody cares

>>26685142
How about you read the rest of my post? I gave reason why we'd do what I voted for and even implied that we'd bash our head a few times doing so.

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>>26685169
it's not going to be so easy for us, we're not a gnome this time around so plot armor isn't here to help us.

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>>26684929
Despite your current condition, you're still a witch of the Soviet Air Forces, and that still has to count for something. Unwilling to show any sort of weakness in front of these fishermen, you take a deep breath and try again.

It still takes some getting used to. You keep forgetting that your left leg simply isn't there any more, or at least your mind is subconsciously denying it somehow. You keep instinctively trying to put weight on your nonexistent leg before catching yourself at the last second with the crutch, causing you to stumble more than a few times. The constant rocking of the ship isn't really helping, either.

After a few more stumbles and tumbles, you finally make it to the ship's kitchen. It's thankfully not very far, but you have to deal with the embarrassment of being seen stumbling around like a drunken bear.

You see Skipper, Thomas, and a couple other fishermen sitting in the rather cramped kitchen, drinking coffee and helping themselves to a huge pile of scrambled eggs and bacon. Even your typical Russian stoicism cracks upon smelling the fresh food.

"Hey, look who decided to joint the party!" One of the unnamed crewmen whistles.

"Knock it off, Grinder." Skipper says while sipping coffee from his NAVY mug. "I'm pretty sure she's in no mood to be hit on."

"Morning, Cyril." Thomas gives you a smile, but then glances at Skipper. "It IS morning here, right?"

Not bothering to see Skipper's answer, you sit down at the table and start filling a plate.

>Talk to Skipper about his crew and why he's here.
>Talk to Thomas and ask him how long he suspected your identity.
>Just stay silent and keep eating.
>Other

>>26685374
>Talk to Thomas and ask him how long he suspected your identity.

>>26685274
didn't you read the last thread? we're not THAT proud. shit, we lost everything for the most part. besides, we can get intel about the boat, crew, and where we are going by talking to someone better then face planting on the deck. if we had both legs with us, i would have agreed with you.

>>26685374
>Talk to Skipper about his crew and why he's here.
He must have some interesting stories, fishing out there while the Soviets were in Alaska

>>26685374
>Just stay silent and keep eating.

>>26685374
>Just stay silent and keep eating.
Wait till we're alone, then apologise.

>>26685374
>>Talk to Skipper about his crew and why he's here.

Information is the only thing we can gather right now.

>>26685374
>>Just stay silent and keep eating.

>>26685374
>>Talk to Thomas and ask him how long he suspected your identity.

>>26685374
>>Other
Ask for news on survivors, Also did they find a witch radio by any chance? Wanna call home.

>>26685374
>Other
(it's rather obvious how thomas knew who we are, we're probably still wearing a Red's witch's flight suit. and the ship's crew is here to fish for crab before getting caught up in the fight)

"how long are we're going to be at sea? will you hand be over to the U.S.A. millitary at the dock or is the navy coming aboard to get me .... um... is there any more vodka left? my le- stump still hurts."

>>26685533
that radio probably went down with the flying carrier.

>>26685374
>Just stay silent and keep eating.

>>26685374
>[x]This\|/
>>26685544

>>26685374
>>Just stay silent and keep eating.

>>26685374
>Just stay silent and keep eating.
>Let tears fall, over how good american breakfast is, really! that is the reason! the only reason!

>>26685374
>Just stay silent and keep eating.

>>26685670
well, adding tears while we are eating is a good thing. probably better food than we've had in ages. Katya said they got potatos, beef and cabbage in some sort of order.
but do add this.
>>26685544

>>26685374
>Just stay silent and keep eating.

>>26685374
>Just stay silent and keep eating.

>Just stay silent and keep eating.

Less chance for a political officer to pick something up and use it against her.

>>26685445
>>26685521
>>26685568
>>26685645
>>26685721
>>26685835
>>26685860
guys... have you ever stop to think that
1) her head has been filled with propaganda as to how bad the Yanks are in treading capured women (rape, abuse, worse)
2) yes we're a fire tossing witch, but i guess we're ran out of mana and don't have enough left to even pop out the ears.
3) even though we just slept, and are eating now. we're rather weak now and can't really fight back.
4) we're on an isolated boat hundreds of miles from port. the rape whisle will do NOTHING!

we should be more than just stoic, but scared too.

>>26686035
They also haven't raped us yet, and it would have been a hell of a lot easier to do so before they gave us a crutch

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>>26685374
You decide to keep quiet for now and focus on eating breakfast. You scoop up some eggs and a bit of bacon with your fork and take a big bite.

For a girl who's largely only subsisted on a diet of beef, cabbage, and potatoes for most of her life, the combination of eggs and bacon causes an explosion of flavor in your mouth. This breakfast, quite frankly, was literally the best thing that's happened to you since you left the monastery.

"Hey, are you all right?" Thomas asks.

"Hm?" You blink curiously, still chewing on a bit of bacon.

"You're crying." The young Marine points out.

Indeed, you can feel warm tears dribbling down your cheeks again.

"It's just a while since I've had decent food! Really! That's the only reason!"

"Awwww, looks like Red here's picked up taste for eggs and bacon!" The crewman named Grinder grins.

"Hm? Red?"

"Oh, it's just a bit of a tradition on this boat. Everybody gets a nickname." Skipper shrugs. "You didn't REALLY think Skipper and Grinder were our real names, did you?"

"Umm.... of course not." You say bit too defensively.

"Anyways, the boys didn't really know your name, so they just starting referring to you as Red and it stuck." Skipper shrugs. "If you want to be referred to by your real name, that's fine with me."

"Captain!" The ships intercom buzzes. "We've got a situation here! We need you on the bridge!"

Skipper frowns and reluctantly gets up from his chair. "Grinder, keep an eye on these kids. I'm going to see what's up."

>Just stay where you are and keep eating.
>Try and find out what's going on.
>Other

>>26686100
>>Just stay where you are and keep eating.

should at least finish eating. That and our presence might make things worse.

>>26686100
>Just stay where you are and keep eating.
You do not interfere with a captain and his bridge

>>26686100
>Try and find out what's going on.
Maybe the situation is more bacon.

>>26686100
>Just stay where you are and keep eating.

>>26686100
>Just stay where you are and keep eating.
KEEP EATING! there is bacon here!

>>26686100
>Just stay where you are and keep eating.
>Try and find out what's going on by asking.

What is our witch power specialized in? if any?

if it is an icepack/iceberg, we can shield the ship, maybe.

>>26686100
>Just stay where you are and keep eating.
We shall embrace freedom one mouthful at a time!

>>26686248
Did you miss the last thread? We are WARMnTOASTY witch. We cauterised our own leg, and then served as hug pillow for big strong american sailor.

>>26686248
the ice burg won't shield us when the marsiens serface from down below us.

>>26686100
>Try and find out what's going on.

Might be an American ship. Let's find out, if we have to fight for our life before we have a gun shoved in our face.

>>26686276
not all witches are a single trait these days. the super yandere witch can do mutil skills. but i think our mana bar is tapped out.

>>26686100
>Try and find out what's going on.

>>26686330
hard to say as the SW89 setting hardly went into special ability, that and the yandere witch version of Ivan Drago doesn't count.

>>26684929
>Take the crutch. You can handle this on your own.

>>26686100
>>Try and find out what's going on.

>>26686302
>>26686366
>>26686165
but the BACON! we can not leave any bacon left behind!

>>26686330
We were told, quite specifically, that we can a) get warm and b) make small fires.
Useful against the icing problems common to Bering Sea fishing boats, not useful against whole icepacks.
>>26686396
lol this guy

>>26686396
Anyone got a slowpoke, I'm on my phone right now.

>>26686100
>Try and find out what's going on.

Hoping it might be Voychek, unlikely aasit is.

>>26686100
>>Try and find out what's going on.
Ask permission first, we are a POW after all.

>>26686419
Sorry they're too busy going for hte big red button which will cause a casade of shit to occur. Then again the SWQ fanbase aren't known for thinking.

>>26686419
Bacon is a pretender to the glory that is sausages.

You Americans overcook it too much anyway.

>>26686100
>Try and find out what's going on.

>>26686100
>>Just stay where you are and keep eating.

>>26686100
>Just stay where you are and keep eating.

>>26686100
>>Try and find out what's going on.

>>26686498
you never had bacon properly cooked had you? but sausages can be good too. but it will not match bacon.

>>26686100
Deciding that Skipper's and this ship's problems probably didn't concern you, (and because you seriously couldn't get enough of this bacon), you decide to stay put for now and finish your breakfast.

"Hey, do you mind if ask a question?" Thomas speaks up.

"You can." You shrug. "But I won't guarantee an answer."

"Well, I've always been curious. What's it like to be a witch in Russia?" Thomas asks. "Information on witches in Russia might as well be black hole. Like, you don't have to tell me anything classified. I'm just genuinely curious.

>Lie. Russian witches are treated like celebrities.
>Tell him the truth. Russian witches are treated with mistrust.
>Turn the tables and ask him how America treats witches.
>Other

>>26686612

>Tell him the truth. Russian witches are treated with mistrust.
>After that, turn the tables and ask him how America treats witches.

>>26686612
>Turn the tables and ask him how America treats witches.

Lets hear the answer we'll call bullshit on.

>>26686612
>>Tell him the truth. Russian witches are treated with mistrust.

>>26686612
>Turn the tables and ask him how America treats witches.
Unless we already know, in which case...
>Tell him the truth. Russian witches are treated with mistrust.

>>26686612
>Tell him the truth. Russian witches are treated with mistrust.
>Turn the tables and ask him how America treats witches.

hey, if he talk up about life over on the other side, we might as well jump ship and hook up with Katya's squad.

>>26686612
>>Tell him the truth. Russian witches are treated with mistrust.

Also tell him, there are some really really really really scary ones. Dem eyes. Brrr.

>>26686612
>Turn the tables and ask him how America treats witches.

>>26686666

She'll never fly again, though

All shes good for... is breeding more witches.

>>26686612
>Other
Go check upside.

I get the sneaking feeling its one of those brained washed ones had showed up to take care of a loose end.

>>26686612
>Turn the tables and ask him how America treats witches.

>>26686612
>Tell him the truth. Russian witches are treated with mistrust.
>Turn the tables and ask him how America treats witches.

>>26686666
I don't think it'll be that simple in any case.

>>26686612
>Tell him the truth. Russian witches are treated with mistrust.
>Turn the tables and ask him how America treats witches.

>>26686652
(YAY! 8bit is in da house!)

>>26686693
>forgot the shark twins already, did ya?

>>26686696
why them? they are probably retreaded back home base. The Russians probably have us as KIA now.

>>26686612
>Turn the tables and ask him how America treats witches.

>>26686612
>>Tell him the truth. Russian witches are treated with mistrust.
>>Turn the tables and ask him how America treats witches.

>>26686730

I was thinking more as a witch but yea, I didn't think of that.

>>26686612
>Tell him the truth. Russian witches are treated with mistrust.

>>26687052
they are witches as well.

>>26687078
You know what he meant. Flying using strikers.

>>26687151
As I said last time, so long as you have thighs you can fly a broom

>>26687151
this might open the possablity of making Cyril into a Merlin 2.0. Thomas might have been that pilot of that phantom she shot down. now both of them being tossed into a new 2 seat-er fighter jet to help fill out Frank's group. right?

>>26687246
Nice try. I will reveal nothing.

Sorry for the delay Strike Back is on and is seriously distracting me.

>>26687414
Turn it back on him, ask how American witches are treated

>>26686612
Well, Thomas has been nothing but nice and relatively honest to you so you don't see any danger in telling him about life in general in Russia. Besides, it wasn't a closely guarded secret. Any person with decent espionage resources would have been able to figure it out.

"In Russia, witches are treated with mistrust." You shift uncomfortably. "We're largely kept restricted to special monasteries. We're allowed relative freedom as long as we stay in them..."

"Sounds more like a prison." Thomas frowns.

"I suppose." You shrug. "Otherwise, we're always under strict military escort. No freedom or command authority. We're nothing more than living weapons to them."

"I guess that's why one of you defected, huh?" Thomas said.

Ah yes, Katya. The Kremlin did its best to cover the whole thing up, but every witch in Russia knew what happened. After all, whenever a Litvyak did anything, people were sure to pay attention.

"Yes, there's certainly many reasons to." You nod. You then decide to turn the tables on Thomas. "Then how are witches treated in America? Like royalty?"

"Whoa, nothing like that!" Thomas laughs. "We just uh.... treat them like regular people, I guess. I never really thought about it."

"They're not closely watched, or kept locked away?"

"Not that I know of."

"Your military trusts them?"

"I think half our military is run by witches."

Well, that was certainly... intriguing. Now you suspect you know why nobody in Russia ever talked about foreign witches.

"Actually, I got another question." Thomas speaks up again. "How exactly does Russia treat crippled witches? No offense, but you ARE missing a leg."

(cont)

>>26687655
And at that point you freeze up as cold realization dawns upon you. Never before in your life have you ever recalled seeing an injured or crippled witch. A witch's value in Russia was always based on their ability to fight. If they lost the capability to fly Strikers...

"I'm not sure, really." You admit.

"Red! -I mean- Cyril! If you're hearing this, can you come up the bridge please?" The intercom buzzes again.

"I guess you should get going, huh?" Thomas asks.

>Yeah, I should go.
>You should come, too.
>Other

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>>26687293
what are you hiding 8bit? we want to know!

>>26687664
>You should come, too.
We already proved a rolling ship is turrible for trying to walk with crutches, he's proven reliable.

>>26687664

>You should come, too.

>>26687664
>Yeah, I should go.

>>26687664
>>Yeah, I should go.

>>26687664
>>You should come, too.

>>26687664
>You should come, too. I, uh... I might need the help.
>>26687670
Oh no you don't. Last time I said anything about knowing something nobody else did, I endangered this quest. So nuh-uh.

>>26687664
>You should come, too.
i think we can trust him.. and he can help us get up those tight stairs. if anyone ever seen the insides of those boats, they are not ment for the handicap to use at ALL.

(i know about this all too well. my dad is paralized from waist down and has to use a electric scooter to get around)

>>26687664
>>You should come, too.

>>26687664
>Yeah, I should go.

>>26687739
well then 8bit, if not WHAT it is, but can you drop a hint as to WHEN it'll show up?

>>26687664
>Yeah, I should go.

>>26687858
Define 'it'.

>you should come too.

>>26687664
>>Yeah, I should go.

>>26687664
>You should come, too.

>>26687664
>Yeah, I should go.

Not seeing that much of a reason why they should come.

>>26687664
>You should come, too.
"I've only got one leg and this ship is unsteady. I don't want to break anything else if I fall over."

>>26687895
2 weeks? a month from now? the EVENT "it" is ment to show up (give or take RL problems) here in /tg/. i would like to know as best as i can, so i can clear the calinder to be here for it.

>>26687664
>Yeah, I should go.

>>26687950
There are many 'it's, my dear boy/girl/thing/anon.

>>26687664
>>Yeah, I should go.

>>26687664

>You should come, too.

>>26687664
>>You should come, too.

>>26687969
well then my good 8bit, in that case, when is the first "It" is planned to happen then?

>>26688021
If I know GhostDiva like I'm pretty sure I do, Tuesday. ...And then every Tuesday after that.

>>26688021
>>26688049
Okay, drop it already...

>>26687664
>Yeah, I should go.

>>26687664
>>Yeah, I should go.

>>26687664
>>You should come, too.
Might concern both of us.

>>26688049
thanks, i'll be there.

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>>26687664
Hearing the call, your military training kicks in and you immediately try to stand up, stopping just in time once you remember your missing leg. Remembering the difficult time you had getting to the kitchen, you decide now is a good time to swallow that pride.

"Ummm, Thomas, can you please help me out here?" You ask, slightly embarrassed at having to ask for help.

"Yeah, sure." Thomas nods and slings your arm over his shoulders. Say what you will, it made a hell of a lot more stable footing than a crutch. With the young Marine half-carrying you, you reach the ship's bridge rather quickly (after being pointed the correct path by Grinder).

"You asked for me, Captain?"

"Yeah." Skipper nods "We came across another life raft, and pulled some of your Russian buddies out of the water. Nobody here can speak Russian so we were hoping you could help us out on that front."

"Um, sure." You nod. "But what if they're hostile?"

"Like I said before, we're prepared for a bit of violence." Skipper pats his shotgun, and you notice the rest of the crew are wielding weapons of various types.

You're led out onto the stormy deck by "Doc", the ship's unofficial doctor. Thankfully, you're now clad in a borrowed coat and coveralls, giving you some degree of protection against the elements. Two of the crew drag a pair of soaked and injured men towards the crew compartment.

"I need you to ask them where they're hurt." Doc says, lugging the ship's first aid kit with him. "And to let them know we don't mean them any harm."

(cont)

>>26688146
You nod and kneel down to inspect the survivors. You're shocked to see the first one is Private Nevsky, one of the naval guards from the comm room. He's barely conscious due to hypothermia and some nasty and hastily bandaged shrapnel wounds, but he was lucid enough to register your presence. The second survivor was out cold, and his right leg was tied in a crude splint crafted from some rope and random ship debris. You try to get a closer look at his face and gasp.

<Captain Voychek!> You instinctively yell in Russian. You bend down and try to shake him awake. Other than the splint, he doesn't seem to have any serious injuries.

<Cyril?> Voychek groans. <Hurry and help Nevsky. I don't think he has much time left...>

"Well? Who's worse off? I need to know who to treat first!" Doc yells.

>Treat Nevsky first.
>Treat Voychek first.
>Other

>>26688151
>Treat Nevsky first.

I will fucking gut him if Voychek dies.

>>26688151
>Doc treat Nevsky first. Tell Nevsky Doc is helping.
>Cyril and Tomas to help Voychek inside to talk with Skipper and examine him and his leg more closely

>>26688151

Triage seems to have Voychek more heavily injured.

Ask the others to get Nevsky warm and the doc to treat Voychek.

>>26688151
Time to remember Emergency Medical Response:
First: Immediate
Second: Delayed
Third: Walking Wounded
Fourth: Deceased

So...
>Treat Nevsky first.

>>26688223

Bleh. Got the names about.

>>26688151
>Other
>Have the doc treat Nevsky, we take both inside and use magic power to be the best bunsen burner we can be.

>>26688151
>Treat Nevsky first.
But let Doc know that Voychek is a friend of ours, for what it's worth

>>26688221
secomding

>>26688151
>Other
check both better, see if there is any open bleeding or broken bones. then help nevsky but keep an eye out for the Captian. if he start to go under, stop and help him more. (a captain is more important than a private)

>>26688151
>Treat Nevsky first.

We need to get Voschek out of the cold first, get him warmed up.

>>26688151
"Treat this one first. He has some bad shrapnel wounds." You point to Nevsky. You then bend down to the private and try to sound as reassuring as possible. <Don's fight back, Private. These men are here to help you. Let them.>

Nevsky nods blankly, though you're not sure if it's because he understood you or whether he was just too shocked to do much else. Nevsky is taken the ship's infirmary while Voychek is taken the kitchen, were the food has already been cleared away. You lean your crutch while Thomas sits Voychek down on one of the chairs, careful not to put too much strain on his broken leg.

"Go get a real splint. The one he has now isn't going to hold up for long." You tell Thomas.

"Right." The Marine nods and rushes off to the infirmary.

That now leaves you alone in the room with Voychek. He's still barely conscious, and suffering badly from the onset of hypothermia. You need to warm him up, but how?

>Do it the old fashioned way. Dry clothes and blankets.
>You've gotten a bit of magic back. Use that to warm him up.
>Other

>>26688331
warm him up? i think we have just the thing to do that.

>>26688406
>>Do it the old fashioned way. Dry clothes and blankets.
>>You've gotten a bit of magic back. Use that to warm him up.
Both you shiiiit.

>>26688406
>You've gotten a bit of magic back. Use that to warm him up.
Worth it 100%

>>26688406
>other
BOTH you silly little witch!

>>26688406
>>Do it the old fashioned way. Dry clothes and blankets.

>>26688426
>>26688435
seconding

>>26688406
>Other

both, getting out of cold wet clothing in this weather is crucial and we need to not go full blast on the heat, just slowly warm him up.

>>26688426
This. Hit him with the magic, then get him some dry clothes.

>>26688438
Changing to:
>>26688426

>>26688406
>Do it the old fashioned way. Dry clothes and blankets.

>>26688406
>Other
BOTH!

I see that useless choices have invaded your quest as well, Merc. Guess that comes with the territory of being a SWQ.

>>26688605
It could always just be an illusion of choice.

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>>26688406
Falling back on your first aid training, you know that the first thing to do to prevent somebody from contracting hypothermia was to immediately get them dry. You strip off his shirt, and dry him off with some spare towels. You grab the blanket from the bedroom you were in and drape it around him.

You don't want to risk removing his pants, though. Both because you didn't want to risk messing around with his broken leg, and you were too embarrassed to do it yourself. You were raised in a monastery after all.

So, you fall back to the more efficient option, using your power to heat him up. You know you'd be sacrificing precious magic, but you feel the need is pressing enough to warrant its use. You summon your familiar.

Using the technique the healwitches taught you, you begin channeling magic energy directly into Voychek's body. However, instead of healing magic, you're injecting heat directly into his body. However, it's a tricky thing. If you put in too much energy, you'll only end up cooking him alive. Your left leg stump throbs in pain at the thought.

As you gradually warm Voychek up, Thomas arrives and replaces Voychek's makeshift splint with a much sturdier one.

"So, do you know this guy?" Thomas asks. "You seemed to recognize him when you first saw him."

"Yes, he's my superior officer." You nod. "He's a good man."

"Okay, that means I don't have to shoot him."

You give him a poisonous glare, your fox ears twitching in irritation.

"I'm kidding, I'm kidding!"

It's only a few more minutes until Voychek begins to stir, slowly opening his eyes.

<Lieutenant...> He croaks. <Where are we?>

<An American fishing boat, Captain.> You reply. <They're good people. They won't hurt us.>

(cont)

Both.

>>26688937
<Good.> Voychek nods and looks at Thomas. He tenses when he sees the Marine, no doubt due to his training, but he quickly forces himself to relax. <Are you unhurt? I was worried when lost contact with you.>

<About that...> You stand up, leaning on your crutch to show Voychek your missing left leg.

<My god...> Voychek gasps, and then leans forward. <Cyril, you must listen to me. Whatever happens, you stay with the Americans. You CANNOT return to Russia.>

<What? Why?> You gasp.

Thomas, meanwhile, is still standing there, trying to figure out what the two of you are saying. Voychek gives him a quick glance.

<He cannot understand us?>

<No.> You shake your head.

<Cyril, if High Command finds out you are unfit to fight, you will be expelled from the military. Not even the matrons will be able to protect you.>

<W-what will happen to me, then?>

<At best? They'll just shoot you. At worst, you'll be sent to one of the Camps.>

<What about you?> You ask. <If I go to the Americans, you'll take the blame.>

<I'm sure American POW camps aren't as bad as they say. I hear Atlanta is quite nice this time of year.> Voychek laughs.

<I-I'll leave you to rest, then.> You say, limping away as fast as you can. This was too much to take in. Your superior was all but ordering you to defect. On the one hand, you're ecstatic at the though of finally breaking free of the Kremlin's shackles. On the other hand, it just feels like utter betrayal.

"Hey, Cyril, is something wrong?" Thomas asks, whispering so Voychek wouldn't be able to hear. "That conversation got kind of heated."

>It's nothing.
>I'm going to defect.
>Other

>>26688943
>>I'm going to defect.
no sense lying

>>26688943
>>I'm going to defect.

>>26688943
>>I'm going to defect.

>>26688943
>I'm going to defect.
Voychek was not fucking around

>>26688943
>>I'm going to defect.

>>26688943

>I'm going to defect.
>Other

"I just found out what my 'glorious' motherland would do to me were I to return in this state... I'm going to defect."

>>26688943
>I'm going to defect.
add to this
"I...I can't go home anymore...." at this point, it's not hard to cry again. "as to my commander... i don't know if he wants to defect..."

>>26688943
This \|/
>>26689035

>>26688943
>I'm going to defect.
I found out what will happen to me when I go home

*Motion towards leg*

>>26688943
>At worst, you'll be sent to one of the Camps
Ah, the good old Rape Factory, staple of writers everywhere when looking for reasons to make the players to hate the Evil Empire.

>>26689209
It's the soviet union you chucklefuck

>>26689209
They mean the Gulags, you dolt. Rape will happen there, but that's par for the course in prisons anyway.

>>26689267
Well, since they seem to be going full Evil Soviet Empire here, it's only a little bit of a stretch for them to have a forced witch impregnation program to make more witches.

Just saying.

>>26689308
We need to kick evil MechaStalin in the dick. Srsly.

>>26689308
Hmm. Point taken.

Would make sense too. Why not breed the living weapons that can not be used as a weapon?

>>26689209
It's just god damn americans being ignorant of what the USSR actually was like in 1989.

>>26689334
It's pretty over the top that's for.

Seriously? FUCKING SERIOUSLY? There's mistrust and then there's crimes against humanity.

>>26689371
It's pure fucking propaganda is what it is.

Fucking americans.

>>26689209
>>26689334
>>26689378

Wahhh! OP is making Russia evil in an alternate history!

>>26688943
Merc, I've lost respect for you as a writer.
This is so obviously contrived it's not funny.

>>26688943

>Other
>"I can't go back now."

>>26689403
There's Evil, and then there's Rape Factory 'Evil'.

>>26689371
>then there's crimes against humanity.

I'll take 'What is MechaStalin" for 20.

>>26689415
Should probably blame Ghost first, since it's his world. Merc's just playing in it.

>>26689433
You realize the only people talking about rape factories are people who aren't Merc, right. He just said camps, presumably prison camps.

>>26689403
Yes, yes, a fine strawman made out of a nation that had flaws enough in the real world, but has to be made in to a ridiculous punching bag to help further the black and white narrative.

Expressing this opinion is, of course, a vile and awful thing. Defending one's country against this caricature is awful. Of course.

>>26689433

To be honest If I was MECHA STALIN! I would be breeding camps to generate super soldiers too. Or did you miss the whole SUPER WITCH projects that were also extremely fucked up.

>>26689447
Probably work camps actually. Magic's not just useful for fighting, after all.

And I'd imagine being a one-legged worker in wartime in Soviet Russia isn't a pleasant experience at all.

>>26689447
Then why was it capitalised? Why didn't Voychek say 'prison'?

>>26689447
The whole thing is still incredibly contrived and baby-eating evil. Yes, let's send a witch to the gulags for the HORRIBLE crime of being injured in the line of duty!

>>26689468
Hey, America gets caricatured all the time - we're just tough enough to not whine about it.

Choo choo.

jesus titty fucking christ, would you retards shut up

>>26689490
Because calling a Gulag a prison is like calling an atomic bomb a bomb. It's technically correct, but there's a huge difference.

>>26689490
euphemism?

>>26689508
Or you're too dumb to realise you're being made fun of.

>>26689490

Because there are multiple camps. Prison camps, Breeding camps, Farm camps, Space camps, Work camps, Factory camps, and Camp Camps.

>>26689472
Eh, put her on an assembly line where she can sit down

>>26689472
Particularly when you're an attractive female.

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>>26688943
"I-I can't go home anymore." You stammer, trying to hold back tears and motioning to your leg. "If I do, there's a good chance they'll just finish the job."

"You can't mean-"

You nod solemnly.

"Shit." Thomas breathes. "What are you going to do?"

"What else can I do? Defect to America, of course." You sigh.

However, before Thomas can say anything, alarms begin to wail across the ship. You and Thomas both look at each other before bolting to the ship's bridge.

"What's going on?" You ask.

"Trouble." Skipper points out the window. Out in the stormy Bering Sea, you can see a small warship slowly closing in. You recognize it as a Soviet corvette. No doubt one of the coastal patrol ships used to patrol occupied waters.

"Well, what do we do?" Thomas asks.

"Not surrender, that's for damn sure." Skipper scowls.

"Um, but last I checked, that ship is armed and we're not."

"Haven't you tried calling for help?" You ask.

"We've been trying the moment you picked up. Between the bad weather and the rest of the shit going on out there, the Navy's not going to put a big priority on a crab fishing boat out where it shouldn't be.

"Did you tell them you have a Soviet witch on board who's willing to surrender."

Skipper pauses for a second and facepalms. "Goddamn, I must be getting too old for this crap."

"If you want, I think we have a way to buy some time."

You all turn to see Voychek limping his way into the bridge, exhausted but still resolute.

(cont)

hurry up and post Merc so these sperglords can shut up and move on

>>26689543
And the working/living conditions are shite.

>>26689543
In a gulag.

>>26689551
"Tell the captain of that ship that you have a Soviet witch as your prisoner. I can guarantee you that he won't know how to react to that sort of situation and will pass it up the chain of command. He'll only keep us under surveillance while he waits for a response. It will buy us at least an hour."

"That's risky." Skipper says, eying Voychek suspiciously. "I know these waters, and I'm pretty sure you Russians don't. I'm pretty sure we can shake them long enough to reach this nice little hiding spot I know."

"If you try to run, they'll attack right away." Voychek warns.

>Go with Voychek's plan. Bluff them.
>Go with Skipper's plan. Make a run for it.
>Other

>>26689508
I'd love to see a Battlefield or Call of Duty game where you bravely fight against invading Americans.

>just discovered vmq
>now this
EVEN IN ARCHIVE YOU TORMENT MY SLEEP
FUCK
BACK TO FUCKING SUPTG WITH MORE SHIT TO READ

>>26689571
>Go with Skipper's plan. Make a run for it.

If high command gets us, we're going to get killed

>>26689571
>Other
Both, bluff them, then when they are confused and waiting for orders, run

>>26689508
You have to be joking.

>>26689582
So would I. There are way too many games about us and not the other guys

Here comes the RUSSIA PRIDE WORLDWIDE brigade.
I'm Russian at that, these people need to stop being so terrible. Its a goddamn story. Did you guys not infer the terrible things from the academy witches and Katyas stuff from '89? Goddamn
>>26689582
This fucker in particular is a complete shit.

>>26689571
>Go with Voychek's plan. Bluff them.
>>26689585
There's only one thread prior to this one.

>>26689530

This sounds like a bad "Angel Core" ripoff...

>>26689585
MERC'S WILD RIDE NEVER ENDS!!!

>>26689571
>>Go with Voychek's plan. Bluff them.
Voychek knows the Soviet chain of command and their operating procedures.

>>26689571
>Go with Voychek's plan. Bluff them.

Always Bluff.

>>26689582
That actually sounds interesting. Would make me buy one of the newer shooters too! FUND IT!

>>26689571

Hmm... Tough call! On the one hand we have a captain who knows his ship, and who probably already had a couple of "close encounters". On the other han, an officer who knows how to exploit the weaknesses of his chain-of-command.

Still, I'd go for:
>Go with Skipper's plan. Make a run for it.

High command's answer might be long in coming, but we won't last long if they send a couple of witches to our "rescue".

>>26689571
>Go with Skipper's plan. Make a run for it.

>>26689441
This as it was Ghost that made the setting into a twisted homage to every 80's jet action movie ever where Russia is the bad guy.

>>26689571
>Go with Voychek's plan. Bluff them.

Tell them our ship has suffered some damage, (I dunno, violent takeover?) and they need to move back a bit to a safer distance.

Then leg it.

>>26689731
In Ghost's defense, his quest is from the American point of view, so that sort of propaganda is to be expected.

And just to point out, Voychek has survived quite a few purges, so his opinion on the matter is pretty highly biased.

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I'm snickering at all the butthurt people in this thread, because I'm a girl and this bothers me less than it bothers you people.

I man, come on, they are already breaking people souls, mind controlling, and delving into some evil shit, and the mere sufggestion - not fact, no! - that there MIGHT be a Rape Camp and not simply a Work Camp to keep the itches hidden and out of local circulation (because injured witches can still do magic, so rape isn't a fucking brilliant idea, you morons) has got you all pissed off.

You're pathetic.

>>26689856
It's more a nationalist thing because the USSR stopped having gulags decades before 1989.

>>26689856
Congratulations. You're a girl. Fuck off, it's about the black and white American fantasy that's playing out here, and always fucking plays out whenever Russia is involved. A country of dictatorial assholes with vulnerable women begging for americans to come save them.

>>26689879
Alternate timeline. Robo Stalin is still around.

>>26689856
I'm the guy who originally complained about it, and I did not do so because BAW WACRIMES, but because it's an overused, cliched trope used only to make a faceless enemy seem more unquestionably and unforgivably evil.

>>26689879
I feel the need to point out that in the real USSR, Stalin was dead long before then. Here, we have SuperGigaMechaStalin running the show.

>>26689901
Well guess what that fantasy has no place in SWQ from the very inception of the SWQ universe it was made clear that Witches are capable of fighting back. That's why joint units can exist, because any man will get their shit kicked in by a witch, or the sisterhood, and if they fail in the attempt they will never tell anyone or try it again since they got their shit kicked in by a little girl.

>>26689917
>>26689901
It's an anime, for Hades sake. The usual trope is Grorious Nippon and ebil Eulopeans, why should Stupendus 'Merica and Sdrawkcab SnaissuR be any different?

>>26689901
The USSR was a dictatorship under the guise of being a government that represented the best interests of the people, particularly under Stalin, but it barely improved over time as it continued a political policy in which it literally had no hope of succeeding with short of actually going to war. That's reality. Fuck you, and fuck the Soviet Union. It was a terrible, evil place that made its own citizens suffer horribly, and abused the loyalty of good men for meaningless "struggle" against real progress. It is dead, and died for good reason.

>>26689856
Social Justice Warriors feel the need to white knight fictional women (while insulting real women who don't immediately back them, claiming that their opinions don't matter). What do you expect?

>>26690210
In an RPG? At least a little immersion and a lack of real world nonsense. It's not like America was a nice place in WW2 when we had internment camps.

Yes, some of us actually do remember things from before our whitewashed history books were revamped. I remember looking at my old, ragged science book and the brand new history books in my junior year and wondering what happened....

>>26690210

I originally objected because of the way they threw away soldiers (and this doesn't just apply to witches, I'd be pretty disgusted regardless of gender) for the terrible crime of being injured serving their country. Genetic experiments and the like I can tolerate because, while repulsive, they do serve the nation in some objective manner. Shooting personnel who have been crippled serving your cause just seems excessively GRIMDERP to me.

>>26690346
IF they consider witches weapons rather than people, it makes sense.

You scrap a plane that's been irreparably damage, after all.

>>26690360
You recycle what you can.

>>26690325
We had internment camps. The USSR, under Stalin, put undocumented numbers of human beings to death. For "reasons", and he didn't even have the excuse of being at war with an external threat after WW2. There IS a difference, I'm pretty sure your old history books would also discuss those differences, assuming you even fucking read them.

Fuck you and your cutesy "I REMEMBER WHEN HISTORY WAS REALLY HISTORY" act, you goddamned apologist.

>>26689571
"I think we should go with Voychek's plan." You speak up. "He really does know how the Soviet chain of command works."

"Fine." Skipper grunts. "Grinder, did you ever get any reply from the SOS?"

"The Air Force is sending a Search and Rescue force right now. They'll be here in about twenty minutes."

"Figures. We mention a witch and they start putting their asses in gear." Skipper shakes his head. "Should've thought of that earlier."

"May I?" Voychek reaches his hand out to Grinder, who gives him the radio mic. Voychek then tunes the radio to one of the frequencies the Soviet Navy widely uses.

<Attention Soviet ship!> Voychek starts speaking in Russian. <This is Captain Victor Voychek of the Soviet Air Forces. Me and and a witch are being held hostage on board the fishing boat you are pursuing! Do not attack! I repeat, do not attack!>

Voychek hands the radio mic to Skipper, who takes the cue. "Yeah, you red bastards try anything, and your precious Captain and his witch are going to be sleeping with the fishes! You got that?"

"Sleeping with the fishes?" Grinder snickers.

"Shut up, my mind blanked for a second there!" Skipper scowls after shutting off the mic. "Doc, what are they doing?"

"They're slowing down. It looks like they're keeping their distance."

"Good. If all goes well, he will call up his superior, his superior will cal up his own superior, and it'll keep going hopefully up to the Kremlin before they can make a decision."

"Um, guys, something's wrong." Doc warns you all. "That ship is launching motorboats."

"What?" Voychek glances out the bridge windows and indeed sees three small motorboats packed with Soviet naval infantry. "Of course we had to run into the one Soviet ship captain with a degree of initiative."

(cont)

>>26690395
"Looks like we'll be fighting after all." Skipper sighs and picks up the intercom microphone. "All crew! Prepare for boarding! I repeat, prepare for boarding! We only have to hold them off for twenty minutes!"

With that, the ship becomes a buzz of activity. Including himself, Skipper and his crew numbered at around six. Assuming you, Thomas, and Voychek joined in, it would be nine ragtag sailors and cripples fighting against at least one squad of well trained Soviet naval infantry.

"I need a weapon." You say. "Even short a leg, I'm still a witch and a soldier."

"Take your pick." Skipper nods to a locker filled with assorted weapons.

>Take a hunting rifle.
>Take an AR
>Take a shotgun.
>Take and handgun.

>>26690403
We're pretty quick to start shooting our comrades.

>>26690380
Hence the forced-insemenation babymaking rape camps.

>>26690360

Which is an absolutely terrible view to have in the first place, not to mention the view of witches being akin to say, a plane is inherently flawed. Magic as I understand it is genetic, surely you'd want more magic supersoldiers to serve your glorious motherland instead of shooting or driving away the potential mothers.

>>26690346
Except in the case of witches, those soldiers are super powered fighting machines who are clearly unhappy with the current regime. Considering Mecha-Stalin doesn't want to get over thrown, it is at least understandable for him to think execution is a good way to deal with the ones he can't throw against the enemy any longer.

>>26690346

And yet, it did happen in real-world Russia after WW2, when Stalin decided they became too much of a drain on Russia's economy...

>>26690346
You think that's excessively grimderp? The USSR literally was executing wounded soldiers for cowardice in the middle of battle. Come the fuck ON. You're just looking for shit to bitch about, under the guise of some sort of reactionary tumblrwarrior activism over a piece of fiction.

>>26690417

Well if she gets taken back it's more than likely that they will either kill her since she is useless to the country and witches are too hard to control, or she will go to a work camp of some sort.

>>26690403
>>Take an AR

we used a 74, better stick to something similar

>>26690423
And I wonder, exactly what is making them unhappy with the current regime?

>>26690428
Witches are far fewer, and their powers are genetic. Males are a dime a dozen here, but witch bloodlines aren't so easily replaced.

Stalin was a paranoid fucked up despot who, if he had remained in power much longer than he did IRL, would have been holding on to a regime of ashes, and hence, not very relevant in nineteen eighty freaking nine.

>>26690403
>>Take an AR

>>26690403
>>Take an AR
Haha, time for poodle shooter!

>>26690403

>>[X]Take and an AR.

Use what'cha know.

>>26690447
After the endless handwringing earlier about daring to fight brave americanski, it seems strange is all that we'd be so eager about shooting former comrades.

Also, the americanskis are pretty quick to throw us guns too.

Wait, this is brilliant.

If we get a gun, we can take out the americans while their backs are turned, and return a hero to our motherland!

>>26690495
and promptly get executed

>>26690495
For this plan, we'll need the AR for maximum hosing down capacity.

>>26690495
And then conveniently go off to fight them again!

From the ditch they put us in along with the bullet in the head they gave us!

>>26690403
>Take and handgun.
All those other weapons need two legs to brace with.

>>26690403
>>Take an AR
Mil-spec hardware vs. mil-spec hardware, no question.

>>26690459
>And I wonder, exactly what is making them unhappy with the current regime?

The fact that it's a backasswards regime that pursued an antagonistic policy with the West at the cost of its own people? Kinda like the real USSR did and eventually collapsed because of said policies?

>Witches are far fewer, and their powers are genetic. Males are a dime a dozen here, but witch bloodlines aren't so easily replaced.

We could just as well blindly assume that there's a way to "make" witches that don't involve (never actually mentioned) Rape Camps.

>>26690520
All we have for proof of that is one guy that MercCommand has out and out stated is biased.

>>26690461
To be fair to Stalin, a lot of those deaths attributed to him at least was making sure that the USSR had something resembling an economy. The Five-Year Plans worked pretty well (despite the unrealistic goals and horrible death toll) in industrializing Russia.

>>26690555
Fucking liberal revisionism right there. The reason was because the fucking communists god damn took all the food from anyone that objected to them. Things were fine under the czar, all that Lenin and company did was kill all of those that would object.

>>26690543
But is also the one person we trusted on the ship. so it would be meta and out of character not to listen to him.

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>>26690403
>AR

>>26690555
Ah yes "To be fair to HITLER, those were JEWS after all, and Germany's trains needed to run on time while carting around soldiers to various deployments so they could attempt to annex Europe."

>>26690543
well gee, sorry for being IC...

I'll let you get back to you're pointless /pol/ worthy discussion

>>26690572
Dude, I'm liberal and I would NEVER make excuses for fucking STALIN. That dude's not liberal or conservative, he's fucking crazy.

>>26690596
That's completely different and you know it.
Stalin didn't discriminate.

>>26690594
Oh god, I didn't even go there. Holy shit, we are even missing the correct leg for that!

>>26690596
Godwin's Law, right there.

>>26690403
"You know, you seem rather quick to want to fight, especially considering these are your own countrymen." Thomas points out as you sift through the weapons locker.

"I'd rather not kill anybody, but I'd also rather not return to a country that hates and fears me." You say simply

You ultimately decide on picking up the AR. It was the closest equivalent to the AK-74 you typically used. However, seeing as this was the civilian version, it was semi-automatic only, and it only came with ten round magazines. You'd just have to make do. Thomas meanwhile grabs a shotgun as well as his trusty M1911.

Now you just have to decide where to set up. With a leg missing, you'll only be able to fire from a static, prepared position. You had two choices. You could set up on the main deck, where you had more cover, but your field of view would be limited. Or, you could set up on top of the relatively more exposed bridge, where you'd be able to see the entire surrounding area.

>Set up on the deck.
>Set up on the bridge.
>Other

It isn't like I was looking forward to tanks or anything.
Fuck you, Merc. Fuck you.

>>26690634
The bridge, we can seize control easily from there. For the motherland!

>>26690634
>>Set up on the bridge.

>>26690634
>Set up on the bridge.

We still have shields, right?

>>26690642
MM got called away by friends visiting so he would not have run anyway

>>26690634
>Set up on the bridge.

>>26690572

Seriously? The Tsar was a delusional ruler that pissed away his own control of the situation and pursued a war that costed his nation countless lives. The people didn't turn against him because he was a just and wise ruler.

Also, how the fuck did you think the communists got people to work to death for them? I never said Stalin was particularly nice (the fucker outdid Hitler in terms of sheer number of deaths) when executing his Five-Year Plans, just that he got the job done, despite his overly ambitious goals.

>>26690634

>>[X]Set up on the bridge.

The deck is too exposed considering we have limited mobility.

>>26690634
>>Set up on the bridge.
Bridge has command of the entire deck - even if it's full of crab pots and other equipment, the captain still has to be able to keep track of his deckhands. Better to be able to see the enemy as they board.

>>26690610

I'm not making excuses for anyone here asshole, I'm pointing out that, despite his NUMEROUS atrocities, Stalin industrialized Russia though his Five-Year Plans.

>>26690572
>>26690675
I was under the impression Lenin meant very well but that his successors, most infamously Stalin had other ideas what to do with Russia.

>>26690634

>Set up on the bridge.

Sparkles

>>26690675
Nothing good came of communism. NOTHING.

You're a monster for even saying such things, and not worth arguing with. Go cry in your borscht.

>>26690718
Neither of them meant well - Lenin would be the one we're yammering about, if it weren't for Stalin outdoing him. Atrocities? Oh, yes - he purged anyone that opposed him, and some that didn't. In fact, Stalin was only expanding on Lenin's work.

>>26690727

Space race.

>>26690572
>Things were fine under the czar,

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

Oh Wow.

>>26690727
Hey now, there's nothing wrong with communism. It just doesn't work when you put people in charge of it.

>>26690750
While I applaud your boundless optimism, it is rather misguided considering what people suffered under Communism.

>>26690746
I find that hard to believe, try not to believe that old propaganda machine that made every one associated with communism baby raping devils.

That and it's hard to tell as Lenin didn't live long enough to make any more impact on Russia

>>26690718

Trotsky from my knowledge was the closest thing to an idealist the communists had, unfortunately for him, he was fucking shit at politics.

>>26690727

Go cry some more, if you can't accept the fact that the communists were not completely incompetent morons (a lot of things about them were fucking stupid, but my point is that they got SOME things right, including industrializing a nation to the point of even challenging America) then it isn't my problem.

>>26690718
You're thinking of Trotsky. But Trotsky was AWFUL at politics. Interesting theories, but terrible with people.

>>26690750
The space race was predicated entirely on setting up the next field of battle against your eternal enemies. It resulted in some good, most or all of it completely inadvertent.

Mankind would have reached for the stars without a cold war. It's our nature to reach for things that are seemingly out of reach.

>>26690798

Good administrator though.

>>26690634
You decide to set up on the bridge. Being a witch, you preferred being high up anyways. You set up on top of the bridge, with Thomas following you up. You suspect that he's keeping an eye on you to make sure you didn't do anything suspicious. You couldn't really blame him, though.

Sure enough, you can see the Russian corvette hanging a few hundred meters behind the boat, making sure to keep its distance. However, the three motorboats are circling the Alaskan Angel like hungry sharks. No doubt they were trying to intimidate you.

>Hold your fire for now. See what they're up to.
>Pre-emptive strike! Taken as many down as you can!
>Pre-emptive strike! Try and disable their boats.
>Fire warning shots at them to show you're not intimidated by them.
>Other

>>26690811
>Hold your fire for now. See what they're up to.

>>26690811
Kill Thomas now, while he's distracted.

>>26690790
>USSR communists competent
>challenging America
>USSR collapses without even having a proper war with anyone post WW2
>Cuba is still a banana republic nobody gives a fuck about, not even cubans
>north korea is north korea

You're not making a good case here

>>26690811
Have thomas pretend the threaten us, boats will back off after that point.

>>26690811
>Hold your fire for now. See what they're up to.

>>26690811
>Hold your fire for now. See what they're up to.

>>26690824
Stop being a troll.

>>26690802
True. He had a really good head for numbers that helped him in that role greatly.
>>26690811
>Hold your fire for now. See what they're up to.

>>26690811
Strike down the Americans now!

>>26690811
Don't shoot just yet you goddamned morons. This whole ruse relies on them NOT KNOWING THAT WE ARE HELPING THE AMERICANS.

>hold fire for now

>>26690767
>>26690799

He said nothing good. Space race did some good. Also there there doesn't seem to be the same drive with space as there used to be.